Nursing-vest



Patented Mar. 2|, |899.

A. ALLEN.

NURSING'VEST.

(Application med omh 7, 189e.)

(No Model.)

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ALEXANDER ALLEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NURSING-VEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,761, dated. March 21 1899.

Application filed October 7, 1898. Serial No. 692.908. (No model.) I

T all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadel phia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Nursing-Vests, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to provide a nursing-vest or like garment with protected openings at the bosom, so that the vest at the bosom is double the thickness.

A further object is to make the flaps from a single piece of material secured to the body of the vest in such a manner as to avoid any unnecessary hard seams, the i'laps being so arranged that very little of the breast is Vexposed during nursing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the upper portion of a nursing-vest, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2 2, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a Viewr of the piece of material forming the iiaps adapted to be secured to the breastopenings of the vest. l

A is the body of the vest, having vertical slots d cut therein, oneopposite each breast.

B, Fig. 3, is a circular piece, preferably of knitted material cross-stitched at b around the outer edge to prevent fraying. This piece is cut at the center b', and the cut edges are united to the cut edges of the vest by crossstitching cc. The section c of the piece B has buttonholes f, and secured to the vest at each side of the center is a button g. The section e of the piece B is tucked through the opening a in the vest, whi-le the section e isI lapped over onto the body of the vest and the button g passed through the buttonhole f, thus securing the flap in its closed position.' By this arrangement I do away entirely with heavy bindings at the breast and make a soft and pliable cover which will completely close the opening. The slot b in the piece B terminates short of each edge of the piece, so that when the piece is secured in position on the vest it tends to strengthen the vest at the edges, preventing fraying or tearing.

By providing the flaps the nipple is not exposed to any great extent during nursing.

It will be understood that my improvement can be applied to any form of undergarment, such as a shirt or combination-suit, without departing from my invention.

I claim as my invention-- I. The combination of a body of a nursingvest or like garment, having a breast-opening in the form ofa slit, with a piece of fabric also havinga slit corresponding with the opening in the garment and formingtwo flaps and united to the garment by sewing the edges of the slits together, the fabric forming shields for the breast, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a body of a nursingvest or like garment, having a breast-opening in the form of a slit, a pieceof fabric also'having a slit corresponding to the slit in the garment, said fabric being secured tothe outer side of the garment by stitching and forming a double Hap, one iiap adapted to be tucked through the breast-opening and the other adapted to be passed over the same, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a body of a nursingvest or like garment, having a breast-opening formed by cutting a slot therein, with a circular piece of fabric forming two flapsland having a slit cut therein corresponding to the slit in the garment, said slit terminating short of each edge of the piece, the cut edges of the piece of fabric being secured to the cut edges of the garment by cross-stitching and the outer edge of the fabric being crossstitched to prevent fraying, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER ALLEN.

Witnesses:

WILL A. BARE, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

